SORD: Q1 Update 2 – Directed Energy Weapon, LE agencies in PA faceoff, Anti-ICE riots nationwide, UN Gun Registry in U.S., Iran internet outage, Berlin sees largest power outage since WWII.

Across the country; in MN, DHS deployed up to 2,000 federal agents in what ICE described as the largest immigration enforcement operation in U.S. history, triggering riots in Minneapolis that included a vehicle-ramming incident against agents, a fatal shooting, tear gas deployment, National Guard mobilization, school closures, and sustained protests that spread nationally; in PA, the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office public threats against ICE prompted an official rebuff from city’s Police Department; in NY, IL, OR, WA, TX, and VA and a dozen other states, coordinated anti-ICE protests occurred, some declared unlawful, involved flag burning, vandalism, assaults on officers, and blocking of roads and federal facilities. On a national level, the CDC reduced the number of universally recommended childhood jabs from 17 to 11, President Trump ordered U.S. withdrawal from 66 international bodies including the UN arms registry to block any linkage to domestic firearms data, a new DOJ role assigned to be focused on large-scale taxpayer fraud with initial emphasis on Minnesota; the White House confirmed arrangements to receive 30–50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil under U.S. control. On a global level, Iran imposed a nationwide internet blackout amid deadly protests as the regime is now seeking out Starlink devices to cut off citizens from the world and conceal reprisals, China conducted blockade-style military drills around Taiwan, the U.S. seized a Russian-linked tanker enforcing Venezuelan oil sanctions with a Russian submarine present, Israel recognized Somaliland while denying basing or resettlement agreements, Berlin suffered a four-day blackout after a far-left sabotage attack on power infrastructure, and the U.S. approved an $8.6 billion F-15IA fighter jet deal for Israel. Claims of “Havana Syndrome” followed U.S. raid in Venezuela.See more at www.graymanbriefing.com